Joe Walsh, Republican challenger to Trump, exits 2020 race
AP, Washington :Former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh ended his Republican primary challenge to President Trump on Friday, abandoning an effort that faced long odds and...
International
Anger at Trump plan could mobilize Arab voters in Israel
AP, Umm Al-Fahm, Israel :It might have seemed to be one of the more innocuous elements in President Donald Trump’s deeply divisive Middle East peace...
Iraq protesters defiant as they bury 7 killed in overnight clash
AFP, Najaf, Iraq :Young Iraqi protesters pushed on with anti-government rallies across the country on Thursday as they buried seven fellow activists killed overnight in...
News In Brief
French researchers in Iranian jail petition to get marriedAP, TehranTwo French researchers held for months in a Tehran prison on charges of violating Iran’s state...
Argentine Antarctica has hottest day on record
AFP, Buenos :Argentine Antarctica had its hottest day on record Thursday since readings began, the National Meteorological Service said.Temperatures climbed to 18.3 degrees Celsius (64.9...
Trump tells Xi he has ‘confidence’ in China battling virus
AFP, Washington :US President Donald Trump expressed his “confidence” in China’s ability to tackle the novel coronavirus epidemic during talks with his Beijing counterpart Xi...
Morocco border clampdown thwarts Europe-bound migrants
AFP, Fnideq :Mustapha left his home in Guinea two years ago to make the arduous journey to Morocco, hoping to cross the fence separating the...
Second Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in West Bank
Al Jazeera News :A second Palestinian has been killed by Israeli fire during a demonstration in the occupied West Bank against the demolition of a...
Global fears rise as more China virus cases found on cruise ship
AFP :China’s coronavirus crisis deepened on Thursday with the death toll soaring to 563, as thousands of people trapped on quarantined cruise ships added to...
Record-breaking US astronaut returns to Earth
NASA News :NASA’s Christina Koch returned to Earth safely Thursday having shattered the spaceflight record for female astronauts after almost a year aboard the International...